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federal workforce hit legal roadblocks. but the impact is already being felt as aid programs are shut down around the world, including in asia. as japan's new prime minister meets with the president in the oval office for the first time today. among the workers still under threat, counterterrorism officials at the cia and fbi. as russia and china launch propaganda campaigns about those cutbacks in u.s. programs. i'll talk to former obama dhs secretary jeh johnson about that and trump, homeland security secretary kristi noem's trip to guantanamo bay amid her plans to house deportees there. and joining me in moments, former usaid administrator samantha power, also democratic congresswoman debbie dingell is here to discuss the budget challenges facing the congress. good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. legal

challenges are piling up against president trump and elon musks gutting of the federal government. that's created chaos across the civilian workforce. in just 18 days, the president's 53 executive orders are now facing more than two dozen lawsuits. unions are taking aim at what they call illegal cuts to usaid, which now includes slashing the workforce to just a fraction of its worldwide presence. 13 state attorneys general and now a student association have all filed separate suits to block musk's access to sensitive government systems, including personal information. two people with knowledge of doj's actions tell the washington post that musk's team is feeding that sensitive federal data into ai software. right now in boston, a federal judge is considering another injunction to the president's day one executive order ending birthright citizenship. the courts also temporarily blocked implementation of the administration's controversial federal buyout plan, pushing

last night's deadline to monday. so far, more than 65,000 workers have accepted the deal, so far fewer than the 200,000 the white house was touting. we begin with nbc news senior white house correspondent garrett hake and nbc news legal analyst former u.s. attorney joyce vance. so, garrett, what is the white house reaction to these lawsuits, the court actions? >> well, andrea, broadly speaking, on the lawsuits, the white house is confident they will win all or most of these eventually. they believe they have wide latitude as the top of the executive branch to make decisions about how executive agencies are run and that ultimately courts will rule in their favor, even if it takes a little while. on the pause on the so-called buyout program specifically, though, the white house press secretary put out a statement yesterday somewhat sarcastically thanking the judge for extending the deadline. she says, to allow for more workers who don't want to come into the office again. that's her framing of it, not the way the program is necessarily structured to take advantage of what they call a once in a lifetime

opportunity. of course, the deadline was arbitrarily set by d.o.j. and by the white house. they could have moved it themselves were they so inclined. but nevertheless, the white house has seen, they say, the numbers continuing to pick up as they got closer to this deadline. so they're hopeful that with a little bit more time, perhaps they can hit the 100,000 or so federal workers marker, which would represent roughly 5% of the workforce, where they said from the jump they wanted this buyout to end up. >> andrea and joyce, let's talk about the court actions. there was a judge in maryland on the birthright citizenship who made it a nationwide ban. other federal judges, of course. it started in seattle. talk to me about all these other legal challenges that are stacking up. >> right. so it's important to understand we're at an early stage. none of the judges are ruling on the substantive merits of these arguments about whether donald trump can, with a stroke of his pen, put an end to the

constitutionally implied right of birthright citizenship. these are temporary restraining orders. they freeze the status quo in place, permitting newly born children to acquire their citizenship status. while the court considers the larger issue, this maryland order that you've identified is important because it now says, and i think this is implicit in the earlier rulings, but it's now formal nationwide. there's a freeze. birthright citizenship continues. the courts will now explore these issues. and ultimately, this will head to the supreme court, where the issue will have to be decided. >> and the attorney general, pam bondi, also issued some controversial directives. she, first of all, said the justice department employees represent the president. she didn't say the constitution, but that as though they were the president's personal attorneys and you were in courtrooms as a litigator for years and years as a prosecutor. talk to me about that. >> yeah. you know, the president

that i served under, barack obama was explicit about this, telling his u.s. attorneys, you don't serve me. you serve the american people. that's how justice department lawyers have traditionally viewed their jobs. i remember there was a moment where president george w bush went to meet with his u.s. attorneys and just jokingly, not seriously. as he walked into the room, he said, oh, my attorneys. and that actually, even though it was a joke, caused a lot of comment. it's very clear that the justice department represents the people, not the president. for pam bondi, who's never served at the justice department, to walk in with this enormous misapprehension, whether it was intentional or just a failure of knowledge about the department that she leads, is really a troubling sign this early. >> and garrett, just finally, what is the reaction from the white house to all of these obstacles that are putting being put in elon musk's way?

>> well, look, i think to a certain degree they expected this. they feel like the legal obstacles are probably more challenging. the courts will take longer than what they're seeing from democrats. frankly, congressional democrats don't have much of a say right now in how this town is run. and so while they're protesting and appearing at various agencies, there's little they can do to slow the process of elon musk's teams. the federal courts are another matter. but again, the white house ultimately thinks that courts are going to decide that the executive branch will have control over how these executive agencies are run. it could just take a while. >> garrett hake, joyce vance, thanks to both of you and thousands and thousands of usaid employees learned this week they would be placed on administrative leave starting at midnight, with overseas personnel given 30 days to return to the u.s. as we mentioned, we've learned that the workforce will be slashed to just 600 employees worldwide. and under the administration's plan, only 12 people would be dedicated to the entire

continent of africa. eight people for all of asia. europe will now be served by just ten people. that includes ukraine, of course, where they have been so instrumental in trying to step up the agriculture production, the energy sector, despite the russian attacks. nbc news also learned that overnight, usaid leadership sent emails to some employees granting them exemptions. secretary of state marco rubio gave this explanation on thursday. >> we're not trying to be disruptive. >> to. >> people's personal lives. we're not. this is we're not trying. we're not being punitive here. but this is the only way we've been able to get cooperation. >> from. >> usaid. >> and joining me now is the former administrator for usaid, samantha power, who is also, of course, the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations. so thank you very much for being with us. the secretary has said that there was disruption, that the leadership was not cooperating, that they had to be removed. and i'm just.

and also that, you know, there's a litany of radical programs that many people have discounted, fact checkers. but usaid works in 120 countries. so talk to us about the real consequences to this cut off. well, the. >> human consequences really can't be overstated right now, with 1 in 4 kids under five in sudan. >> suffering from. >> severe acute malnutrition. there is american food. >> in warehouses. >> that is. >> just sitting there because of. >> the stop work order. >> and because of the fact that these programs have. >> effectively been halted. >> there are. >> exemptions for. >> life saving humanitarian aid that secretary rubio, i. >> think. >> believes that he has issued. >> but in laying. >> off the entire. >> staff that. >> carries out these programs. it's impossible to effectuate life saving assistance. >> tb medicine same thing. >> with images that have just come in today from kinshasa.

people waiting in line for tb medication. when you. >> don't. >> take your medication and you're in a regimen, you build up. resistance and that medication becomes much less effective down the line. >> clinical trials. where we. >> have enlisted volunteers all around the world, including in sub-saharan africa, to test out remedies for cholera, for tb, for hiv, for cervical cancer. remedies that could benefit the american people as well over time. and those. trials just halted people sometimes having devices in their bodies or being partially through a medical regimen. so it is just devastating for american interests. it's devastating for america's reputation as a. country that keeps its word. and in terms of the usaid employees, i know, because i left on january 20th, they were eager to serve. they served under the previous trump administration. they stayed. that administration did great good in the world with broad bipartisan support. and

now what is so stunning to them is that they are being attacked and disowned by their own government. these are people who didn't come to usaid for the money. they came because they were trying to improve the world and advance america's interests internationally. many of the people being recalled from overseas don't have homes in the united states to come back to. they have kids who've been enrolled in school. they've put their lives on the line. about 70% of u.s. aid missions are in conflict or crisis areas, so these are not easy places to work. but again, these public servants put their lives on the line for our country. and in the same way that we value rightly, the men and women who serve the united states in uniform, we should value these civilians who have done america's bidding in so many difficult places. >> ambassador, i read in reference to the clinical trials, and you just confirmed that these trials had to halt. there was no one to conduct

them. and that one woman in south africa, according to the new york times, you know, had to take this device out of her, which was to protect fetuses against hiv infection. it was a trial, an experiment of a new procedure that could have been globally effective. but there's also the helsinki accords, which say to doctors, you cannot stop a trial once it starts, if there are going to be side effects, what are these medical professionals supposed to do? >> you're not asking the right person in this instance, andrea, i, i the dilemmas, the moral and ethical dilemmas that are being confronted, the ethical dilemmas as well being faced by our ambassadors around the world, our ambassadors. everywhere you go around the world. talk about the value of usaid in building up america's political capital. when those same ambassadors go and try to get access for an american company to set up shop in a country that that political

capital matters. when we seek to extradite somebody from a country, that political capital matters. now, these ambassadors are in this really horrific situation where the countries are pleading with them, please keep these programs. and the ambassadors, of course, are being instructed to repeat some of the lies that are being told about what us aid has done and how we've lost our way. and 60% of usaid programing is life saving humanitarian assistance or global health programing to prevent critical diseases and to help heal and treat people. 60% and yet these again, falsehoods about projects that are allegedly going on here or there have come in such a short time to define usaid s reputation, including with republican supporters of usaid who have stood with the agency over decades, who have seen these programs in the field, who have offered great insight and wisdom about how we can strengthen these programs and make them more cost effective. so it's

just really important that the misinformation be be put to one side. i know this is easier said than done and that people remember what usaid is offering the american people and what it has done on behalf of the american people for six decades. >> and you warned about the impact among with our adversaries, russia and china. when we had our last interview in december, you warned about the propaganda against u.s. aid, and you wrote in a column today in the new york times saying that killing usaid is a win for autocrats everywhere. and, quote, we're witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in u.s. history. talk about that. well. >> it's no secret that we are in a period of intense strategic competition with the people's republic of china, and the prc has become more active over the last decade and a half through the belt and road initiative, but also through programs that mimic some of what usaid is doing. investments in small businesses, efforts to educate

girls. they see the value of gaining this political capital and winning hearts and minds in this way. and so what we have seen is, prior to president trump taking over is attacks, sustained attacks by the prc on usaid reputation to try to denigrate the agency in the eyes of the publics in the countries in which usaid works. and since the dismantling of usaid began a couple of weeks ago, we have seen the prc relish the strategic opening that this offers them. and i just saw, in fact, as i was coming on the show today, andrea, that in cambodia, where demining assistance has been halted, that's not actually run by usaid, run by the state department, but as part of the blanket freeze on foreign assistance that has been halted, you can imagine the families that will be affected if those mines are not taken out of the ground. china has come in and made a major announcement that they'll be launching a $4 million demining program. this

is going to create an opening just about everywhere usaid has worked. >> and of course, the prc is the chinese communist party. you know, at the same time that this is happening to our friends and allies overseas, american farmers are complaining, including republican elected officials in red states, because $2 billion of the usaid budget goes to buy surplus crops from u.s. farmers, which make up, among other sources, half of the world food program assistance. so what's happening to that food? is it rotting overseas? it can't be distributed. >> it will rot if it is not distributed. and again, in order for it to be distributed the stock, it has to be clear that the stop work order does not apply to humanitarian assistance. it is not clear to people out in the field, but also staff are needed to oversee

the distribution of assistance. assistance doesn't move from a warehouse into the mouths of hungry people. by magic. it moves because brave men and women put themselves in really difficult circumstances in order to move that food and make sure it reaches its desired destination. so again, we are experiencing in the world a profound hunger crisis. it really was exacerbated, of course, by the pandemic and then by el nino and extreme weather events, drought, floods and the like where crops have been destroyed. the united states has been absolutely pivotal. american farmers have been essential to feeding the world's hungry over the course of the last couple of years. that has come to an abrupt halt. the farm goods that are already in the warehouses have made their way overseas, but we have farm commodities grown by american farmers that are sitting in american ports right now with flagged vessels, u.s. flagged vessels that are ready to take to the seas, and they can't take

that food, and it will just sit in american ports until there is a reckoning with the grave damage that these decisions are causing. >> and do you have hope that these lawsuits, the employee unions, the restraining order that they're requesting from a judge might have some impact? i mean, how can you restart some of these programs if you eventually get a ruling and the protests creating pressure? >> i'd say a few things. first, the facts are on usaid's side, and unfortunately, the website was taken down so as to spread this misinformation and divert people from the facts. but as people, including the american public, but also members of congress who may not have been engaged so much with usaid in the past as they actually learn what usaid has been doing over these last years, including changes to work more on strategic competition and to diversify american supply chains, and to help secure

access to critical minerals in developing countries. i mean, really core u.s. interests. i believe that those facts are going to educate people and the coalition of individuals who are very upset about this and want to see it reversed, is going to expand. the lawsuits are extremely important. what is being done is unlawful. congress appropriated this money to usaid to spend in the world. we are a very usaid, i should say, very earmarked agency. and there are a lot of members of congress that have put their stamp on how that money should be spent. and, of course, the way that workers are being treated are in violation of labor laws and all of the principles that have defined employment in the us government for some time. so, yes, there is hope there, but the broad hope is in the goodness of the american people. and this is a passive constituency. you know, no one has had to activate on behalf of foreign assistance. i know it's not popular in some quarters, but usually it's not popular because it's not well understood how small the amount of taxpayer

resources goes to this kind of work, and how essential that work is also to keep the american people safe and prosperous. so there's a lot of civic education that is needed right now, and it has to happen in a hurry. but i'm hopeful that the truth and the good that is being done for the united states, as well as for the world in the end will prevail. >> yeah, it's half of 1% of the budget. ambassador samantha power, thank you very much for speaking up. we appreciate your joining us. thank you. and in 90s, former dhs secretary jeh johnson joining me about the president's mass deportation plan and the use of guantanamo bay to house undocumented migrants. this is andrea mitchell reports on msnbc.

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temporarily before being deported. and joining me now, former secretary of homeland security during the obama administration, jeh johnson. secretary johnson, thanks for being with us. last sunday on meet the press, secretary noem told my colleague kristen welker that due process will be followed in guantanamo bay. do you have any concerns? i know that guantanamo has been used, i believe, for people rescued at sea, boat people, haiti and cuba. but does this raise it to a different level where people won't have access to their attorneys, their legal, you know, assistance and other kinds of help? >> well, first, andrea, i'm pleased to be on this show to salute your 17 year run with andrea mitchell reports. >> i added. >> it up recently. i think i've been on this news show more than any other news show, and. >> we like that. you are. >> the you are the unofficial dean of the washington press corps. you're deeply substantive

and knowledgeable about the issues. as the last interview reflected. i also know from personal experience you're the most honorable and trustworthy reporter that i've ever dealt with. so congratulations, and i hope you continue to chase news stories even after the show is over. now more than ever. andrea. >> you can bet on that. but thank you, jay. thanks very much. >> okay, so first of all, no one should be under the mistaken impression that guantanamo is somehow a black hole of sorts. the supreme court, in the decision in 2008, established that a detainee there has a right to habeas corpus. so it is not beyond the law, as you pointed out, guantanamo has been used for detainees, taliban, al qaeda for the last 20 plus years, but it also has been used as a migrant center. george h.w. bush set it up as a place to hold migrants, both people

coming from cuba and haiti. what's new is bringing migrants from the continental u.s, u.s. to guantanamo to hold up to something like 30,000 before they are deported. at some point, that 30,000 is a lot of people. and as you noted, each of those 30,000, they're being held and they're subject to deportation, do have a right to an attorney and bringing attorneys and facilities necessary for that kind of scale of an operation is something that i suspect this administration has, has not really thought through. and so i see a lot of challenges ahead with with this concept. >> what do you make about all of this from the ice raids with, you know, bringing one selected tv network along with them, the show of force, you know, holding migrants in gtmo. what do you make of the whole approach to

immigration? i know it was predicted it was pledged during the campaign, so it shouldn't be a surprise. but what is the impact on national security? >> well, it's obvious that they're embarking on a shock and awe strategy to send a message to central and south america. america, don't think about coming here. there have been three audiences for this. one is the domestic political audience. the other is the central and south american audience. but by telegraphing these enforcement operations, you're sending the people that you most want to find deeper into hiding. they're not sitting around at their last known address waiting for ice to come knocking on the door. so by making such a public thing of this, it's harder to get at the people that are most dangerous. the biggest threats to public safety. i'm glad to see that the administration is prioritizing who they round up, who they

arrest, who they deport, and prioritizing public safety threats in any immigration enforcement policy, whether it's trump, obama, biden or bush, you have to have priorities. and it's clear that they're starting on the public safety threats. and that's where the priorities have to lie, as opposed to somebody who's been here for ten, 20 years, committed no crimes and wants to eventually get on the books and pay taxes. >> now, as homeland secretary, and also in your previous role as general counsel at the pentagon, you dealt with counterterrorism and national security. you know, in every respect, what do you think about these buyout offers, which are, you know, sort of an offer you can't refuse the way they're being framed to the cia and the firings at the fbi in terms of, you know, the brain drain, potentially at cia places where it takes years, decades to build up sources overseas for some of

the covert operatives. >> yeah. well, let's not forget, this administration has only been in office for 18 days, and this buyout plan does seem to have to have sort of a scattershot approach. are we prioritizing offering buyouts to people that we've assessed the federal government no longer needs, or will this have the effect, possibly, of encouraging people who the government, who the american public most needs to stay in public service? i saw the numbers 65,000. well, who are those? 65,000? are they people in law and law enforcement? are they people in national security? who are they? and so i suspect that this administration has been in office 18 days, has not really thought through who they want to see leave. >> jeh johnson, thank you very much. thank you for everything. and secretary of state marco

rubio is going to be speaking by phone today to panama's president. the panamanian panama has furiously denied a state department tweet earlier this week that he had somehow agreed during their meeting last sunday with secretary rubio that he would let u.s. navy ships sail for free through the panama canal. panama's president molino said that he had told rubio he does not control the canal, which is run by an independent authority, and that free passage is not permitted under the 1979 canal treaty. he did agree today to cancel belt and road initiatives by china, and that will certainly push back china's involvement in panama. not, though, in operating ports at the canal. rubio has conceded that nothing has been finalized, but is still pressing president trump's demand that the u.s. navy pay no fees. next, the upcoming hurdles for speaker mike johnson on capitol hill is the president alienates democrats that the speaker just

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released tomorrow. they are three men eli, sharabi, ohad, ben, ami and or levi. they'll be freed tomorrow after more than a year of captivity. and this morning on capitol hill, israel's prime minister netanyahu met with house speaker mike johnson and praised him. president trump after the white house sanctioned the international criminal court over their arrest warrant for the israeli leader with a razor thin majority. speaker johnson is walking a tightrope to get the republican budget through the house. we're expecting to see the outlines of the gop plan on monday, but it's going to face stiff resistance from democrats, especially when it comes to the likely extension of the trump tax cuts. and then there's the debt ceiling fight, which is sure to unfold again in mid-march. joining me now is democratic congresswoman debbie dingell of michigan. so what do you expect the democratic strategy to be in confronting the trump budget and its tax cuts? andrea, first of all, i'm so. >> honored to be here on your

last show. >> and i missed. >> a plane i didn't miss. i skipped because i wanted to be with you to give salute. >> to you. i'm so glad you're here. >> and you and i are going to keep talking. about these issues, whatever the next chapter is, because they matter so much. and, you know, mike johnson has a razor thin majority. it only takes three republicans. and we in the democratic party are going to make sure that we are holding the republicans accountable for the kind of damage that is being done out there. if you had been home in my district or across in districts across the country last week and see the kind of pain that was happening as seniors were feeling that meals on wheels was going to be cut off, head start programs were endangered. if you could see the letters and the meetings i'm having with fbi agents who had nothing to do with january 6th, who want nothing to do but keep this country safe, we have to make sure without putting a target on anybody's back. people in america understand the human stories of what is taking place, and that's what our job is to

do. right now, we are not going to just blanketly go along with anything. there are consequences to what they are talking about doing and the american people. what happened to lowering grocery prices? >> let me ask you about the auto industry, because one of the first things that the president said on day one was that he was going to impose tariffs. then he said he came through with tariffs of 25% on canada on autos. he said, you know, americans don't want to drive canadian cars. you are, you know, a big representative for the auto industry. and those cars are manufactured on both sides of the border. they're not canadian cars. they're american cars. that would be tariffs. i know it's been suspended while they. >> i have very strong feelings on this. first of all, let me say this. i think tariffs are a tool in the toolbox. and i actually will work with donald trump on trade and so will the unions if it's actually going to help the worker. the way that he did it last week was across the board. it was not strategic. it

would have increased the cost for the american average american by $1,200 a year. we have to be strategic. we don't have a level playing field. and by the way, i think it's time to start treating canada and mexico the same. nafta was one of the worst trade policies we've had in the history of this country. >> it was renegotiated by donald trump. >> it is. and it still needs to be renegotiated. again, it comes up to be looked at in this next year. and china should not be allowed to build a plant in mexico and market it in the united states of america as a north american product. and i will do everything i can to make sure that doesn't happen. and that means including working with donald trump because he agrees with that. we agree on 100% tariff on china, on electric vehicles. they're subsidizing their product using slave labor or not paying anything. so there are things we have to address. >> well, let me ask you about the debt ceiling, because democrats have always objected to republican strategies of putting us up to the edge on the

budget and, you know, shutting down the government and risking default. but there was a hint in something this was in the senate budget that patty murray, who is the powerful appropriations head in the senate, and she was certainly signaling that there could be a possible debt ceiling showdown with democrats permitting the government to shut down. is that part of the strategy? >> look, i want to say that right now. magic johnson's got to come and talk to people in the house. they've got to be talking to the senate. we don't know exactly what's going on. but when you look at i mean, people should be outraged at the kind of data that is being collected on them. everything from their social security numbers to their home addresses to their health information. when you've had a colonoscopy, all of this needs to be on the table, and i'm not going to agree to anything until we know what they're talking. they've got to come talk to us and say what's on the table. but we got to fight for the american people. >> and right now, the way we're playing back tape, because we're not allowed to cover it live.

the president's been talking in the oval office with the japanese prime minister. the prime minister does not speak english, so they're working through translation. he's made a number of points. i think he believes i believe he said that he would be talking or meeting with president zelensky of ukraine next week and talking to president putin. so there's clearly some progress on that. we'll give you some more highlights as they come up. congresswoman debbie dingell, thank you so much as always. >> andrea, thank you for everything you've done. we love you. and catch that next plane. up next, we'll look back at this show's incredible 17 years run. you're watching andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. >> we're standing up. >> for our. >> right to be lazy.

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philadelphia, west virginia. live from the democratic national convention. fired up and ready to go. you don't think bernie sanders is barack obama? >> no. >> no, don't get me there. this is about taking on hillary clinton. and you followed hillary for a long time. andrea. >> could joe biden have defeated donald trump? >> oh, i don't know. >> i don't know. i'm not going to speculate on that. >> if you don't have a majority, if she has a majority and more of the popular vote, would you then concede? >> look. >> if we do not. >> have a. >> majority, i think it's going to be very hard. >> for us to win. >> are you. >> sorry now? you said yes to john mccain on august 29th? >> not in the least. >> absolutely not. >> are you hurt that some of his people have criticized you? >> what? i have discovered that there on a national level, this kind of took me aback because, andrea, we see it on a state level. when you. >> run a campaign, you get a lot of strange people who kind of leech themselves into a campaign, some odd hanger honors. >> you know, back.

>> in my days, they used bayer aspirin for contraceptives. the gals put it between their knees, and it wasn't that costly. >> excuse me. i'm just trying to catch my breath from that mr. freeze. frankly. >> i love. >> you, andrea. you are indefatigable. you're my kind of a woman. >> did anyone in your inner circle say this isn't such a good idea? let's not. >> do this. you know, i was not thinking a lot when i got in. at the end of the day, i am sorry that. >> this has been confusing. >> to. >> people and has raised a lot. >> of questions. >> do you think donald trump could get the nomination? >> well, i didn't think so a couple of months ago. i think if he wants to be president or wants to be the nominee, he needs to tone down his rhetoric. >> is the situation. do you think for african americans, as bad as donald trump is describing it? >> i don't know what mr. trump. >> is talking about. >> we've seen changes. >> if he failed to believe that. >> things have changed. i invite

him to come and walk in. >> my shoes. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in munich. live in havana. here in tokyo, tensions are rising at the normandy american cemetery in france. i'm here in ramallah, in geneva, switzerland, from brussels, here in qatar. and good day. i'm andrea mitchell. live from the state department here in washington. secretary of state john kerry joins me now here in the treaty room. >> so we're. >> hoping that. >> russia will not. >> see this. >> as a sort of a continuation of the cold war. this is. >> not rocky. >> for believe me. >> i mean, start with the facts. >> do you think that president obama has the facts wrong? >> we didn't discuss it. >> excuse me. >> mr. secretary, can you. >> respond to the threats. >> from china? >> thank you guys for. >> leaving the room. i haven't been in yet. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> can you can. >> you assure us. >> that russia will not be able to move further in ukraine? we haven't had. >> any time in here. that was only moments ago on the seventh

floor of the state department. still no answers from secretary of state rex tillerson. >> it is overwhelming. >> i think that's the only word that i can use. i saw a six month old who looked like a newborn, and i was told by the doctors that actually she was doing better, showing that what we do actually save lives. >> many of the women in this makeshift camp tell of being raped by the marauding militias who killed the men and steal the boys to recruit them. the letter of resignation from the director of central intelligence has been submitted. john mclaughlin, the former acting director director of the cia, retired air force lieutenant general james clapper, served as director of national intelligence to president obama and joins me now exclusively. we have some breaking news. the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again. >> joining me now is democratic

senator claire mccaskill. senator roger wicker, senate intelligence committee chair dianne feinstein joins me now. democratic leader nancy pelosi, congressman chris van hollen, senator dick durbin, i'm joined now by senator john mccain, chair of the armed services committee. >> let me. >> emphasize, andrea. he's not putin is. >> not strong. >> he we have an overwhelming advantage of him. but what he's doing is ryan crocker said he's playing his cards skillfully. >> wow. >> the training is tough. what do you do if you're on the road and get surrounded by bad guys, ram the car in front of you at full speed. >> go go go go go. >> go go go. >> people are still ashamed to say they're hiv positive. the only way we're going to sort this out is by being. >> more loving. >> toward each other. >> what do you see in facebook? what is it about facebook that you think to those who say, well, what is the business model here? >> you know, it's a technology that brings people together.

>> it's the. >> village square. but it was the leadership of it that got me excited. >> i was in the middle of that scrum as it was all happening, and right before clooney was arrested, i was able to speak with him as he was escorted away by police in this crush of onlookers. >> we stand together here with my father, and so that. >> at one moment. >> in time when people ask you, where were you and where did you stand? i want to say i was standing on the right side of history. >> and that does it for this special edition of andrea mitchell reports. wow. memory lane, i want to thank russell jones, incredible producer who found all of that tape. and i want to say thank you to all of my extraordinary producing team. these are the people who helped bring you. andrea mitchell reports. every day. and there

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program. >> andrea. >> it is. >> such an honor. >> to be here with you. >> what an. >> extraordinary 17 years on msnbc. andrea mitchell reports. this program has meant so much to washington, so much to the world. and i know. >> that the. >> best is yet to come. i speak for so many of us when i say i would not be sitting here today, andrea, if it weren't for you, no, i would not be. you are a trailblazer and an inspiration and we love you. i know you have a few words for your audience. >> just a few final thoughts about the stories that we've shared over these 17 years. you and i and the miles i've traveled to bring them to you. i've anchored this program all over the world, as you just saw, from moscow to beijing, nairobi to ramallah, havana, islamabad, kabul, baghdad. yes, telling america's story as well, all over the united states, starting with iowa and new hampshire, this hour has always been driven by what i love most deep

reporting on politics and foreign policy. as i announced last october. in these challenging times, i want to get back to my roots and learn more about your lives. tell your stories. as we face tectonic changes in our nation and our world. after also doing that for 17 years, hosting this daily show on msnbc, i'll be doing that from now on full time, where this amazing ride first started 47 years ago, right here at nbc news as chief washington and chief foreign policy correspondent, continuing to cover politics and foreign policy. above all, i'm proudest of the young journalists who appeared first on our program and are now among our top correspondents, and especially the women from print and broadcast, who are now regulars on all the networks but got their first breaks right here. and i'm grateful to my fellow correspondents at nbc news, this incredible team who brought their great reporting to this program day after day, right here in washington and from all over the world. and finally,

television news is a team sport. i will be forever grateful to phil griffin and yvette miley, who launched this show, and rashida jones for her constant support over many years. and to my partners in the trenches, casey dolan and michelle perry, the studio crew right here, the incredible producers who perform miracles. believe me, seemingly every day when news breaks into our hour and they have to switch gears with a whole new show, journalism is an enormous privilege and a responsibility. it's never been more important to do it well. that's my vow. as i continue on this journey. >> and andrea, it is going to be the most exciting journey because you're going to be busier than ever, covering the state department as the chief washington correspondent for nbc news, you're going to be all over the today show, nightly news, meet the press this weekend with me on sunday. and andrea, i just want everyone to know how beloved you are by me

and by so many people. you taught me so much of what i know about being a journalist, about asking important questions, about asking tough questions. and i have just looked up to you forever, and you have been so generous with your time and your knowledge and your heart. and, andrea, i think the thing that stands out most is that i am one of so many people who today wants to say thank you to you, andrea, because all of these people. >> are waiting to. thank you and to. >> tell you how much they love you. >> oh my god. oh. andrea. who?

will love you?

as much tomorrow? >> thank you all so much. i can't believe it. people from decades event. >> miley you bet. >> miley started this program and he's still here. thank you all. thank you for this incredible surprise. >> we love you. >> we love you so much, andrea. >> and to all of you from nbc and msnbc here. that does it for

this final edition of andrea mitchell reports. you can find me online at mitchell report. and tonight on nightly news and sunday on meet the press. >> buying a car is kind of a big deal, but you use the car gurus app. that's a price drop alert. so the deals come to you. oops. big deals

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